Conductor Carlo Ponti and the Festival Orchestra NAPA are joined by two of opera’s most exciting young stars – tenor Michael Fabiano and mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard – for an unforgettable night of arias and duets. Fabiano, whom the San Francisco Chronicle called “the hardest working opera singer in show business” and a singer “with a muscular and mellifluous tenor voice,” has earned raves for…
Each year, Festival Napa Valley (formerly Festival del Sole) features the Bouchaine Young Artist Series with free concerts at Jarvis Conservatory Theater in downtown Napa. This year, all three of the artists are from, or have roots in, Northern California and the Bay Area. Each has been acknowledged recently and all of these awards/grants have…
It’s one of those freaky warm San Francisco nights. Perfect mood for the SF Indie Doc Festival. IndieFest calls this annual event a film festival that provides a manageable amount of the truth. Devoted to all things documentary cinema for 15 years, they promise and deliver two weeks of the most weird and wonderful aspects…
In early May, I decided it was time to go “bi-coastal” and leave my home in the sunshine state for a much needed Spring Break. I set off for San Diego in search of cooler temps, bay breezes, captivating coastlines and unforgettable finds. My three day weekend itinerary covered the gamut from boat tours to…
It seems like only yesterday when as a college student I set off on a summer European adventure. With a backpack and my train pass in hand, I covered seven countries in three months. Venice, Northern Italy’s “Queen of the Adriatic”, a unique and majestic city built on an archipelago of small islands, was among…
Insider elites once controlled Hollywood film production. Thanks to the likes of Kickstarter, that’s not always true. Happy days are here for artists who have less capital than their ideas can take them. HER: Remember the 2013 film,“Her”? It revolved around a man in love with his new operating system. Along comes “Creative Control”, a…
Legendary Composer and Performer, Yanni releases his new album “Sensuous Chill” this month, just in time for the kick off his 2016 North American Tour. Yanni’s music has inspired and entertained audiences around the world for over two decades. But his appeal reaches beyond his unique musical compositions. Yanni’s over-the top theatrics combined with his…